It was inevitable, in the recent cluster of articles about assisted dying, that the slippery slope would be mentioned. I referred to it when discussing Pandora’s Box (q.v.), and quoted […]
Year: 2018
Peter Brindley: Coming to terms with death and what we leave behind
I was in a car crash recently; fortunately only my pride and pocket book were injured. If I’m honest, my major response was mainly one of annoyance. I did not […]
Miriam Were: To end malaria, we need more than new medicines
If it doesn’t happen in the community, it doesn’t happen in the nation. If it happens in every community, it happens in the nation […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . How to create neologisms
Last week I discussed neologisms, including ones formed by adding to or corrupting existing words. The following list of other methods of neologising is not exhaustive. Acronyms An acronym is […]
Vytenis Andriukaitis: We need to step up EU cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases
Viruses are not confined within borders, and with myths and pseudoscience gaining pace, the value of acting together is indisputable […]
Leone Ridsdale: Closing the gap between neurologists and GPs
Rising deaths in neurological disorders may be associated with rising numbers of neurologists (making diagnoses). It fits with the belief that neurologists enjoy diagnosis, but not so much management. But […]
Richard Smith: How to improve NHS Improvement
Baroness Dido Harding (pictured), the chair of NHS Improvement, is the latest in a series of high achieving business people brought in to improve the NHS, and last week she […]
Laura Kerr: Using opportunities from polio eradication to address weaknesses in global immunisation systems
We all know that vaccines work. Yet one in ten children in the world still receive no vaccines. Millions more do not receive all 11 WHO recommended vaccines and only […]
Collaborating with patients to provide online access to health records
Selina Brudnicki and Sandra Dalziel discuss the experience and lessons learnt in jointly developing a new secure patient portal […]
Unreported clinical trial of the week: pain medicine in children undergoing tonsillectomy (NCT02076893)
Every week this new series will uncover an unreported clinical trial […]